Description

This recording opens with an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The first segment, which begins at 1:26, is a rebroadcast of a "Southwind" program that originally aired in February 1981. The feature is about the Federation of Southern Cooperatives in predominantly African American Sumper County, Alabama, and includes audio excerpts from Sumter County tax assessor Joe Stegall; U.S. Attorney J.R. Brooks; Curly Morrow of Mantua, Alabama; several officials of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives (FSC), including Cleo Askew, John Zippart, Wendy Paris, and Charles Prejan. The segment focuses on federal investigations surrounding the organization. A 1984 update to this feature by Boyd Lewis included information that the investigation into the FSC has found no infractions by the organization. The second segment, which begins at 14:13, is a rebroadcast of a "Southwind" segment from March 1981 about sailing produced by Chris Dickin of Norfolk, Virginia, and includes audio excerpts from sailor Joe Filopowki. The third segment, which begins at 20:53, is a rebroadcast of a previous "Southwind" program about fiddle maker Walter Blanchard of Jonesboro, Arkansas. The program ends with a sign off by Boyd Lewis."Southwind" was a radio program about the issues, people, and culture of the South that aired on WABE-FM, Atlanta's public radio station. The series, which aired from 1980 to 1987, was conceived, produced, and reported by journalist Boyd Lewis.

Record Contributed By

Atlanta History Center

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia